sway bar/anti-roll bar tuning

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Wanna dial that rear bar in the right way?
There's no way to get it set neutral with solid links. I hunted for a while and finally decided on these from Competition Engineering. They're for a Ford Lightning but if my numbers are right they should bolt right up on a lowered 4th Gen.
I'll update when they get here.

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Those are great as long as you don't see foul weather. I'll have a set for my G8 once it's my garage queen.


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I'm in south Texas....rain is as foul as it gets here.

They were only 85 bucks....way cheap enough to experiment with.
 

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Just keep them well lubed and you're set!


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Wanna dial that rear bar in the right way?
There's no way to get it set neutral with solid links. I hunted for a while and finally decided on these from Competition Engineering. They're for a Ford Lightning but if my numbers are right they should bolt right up on a lowered 4th Gen.
I'll update when they get here.

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Does this set replace your spohn performance setup that you have? Or is this something completely different?

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Does this set replace your spohn performance setup that you have? Or is this something completely different?

These are sway bar end links so you can dial the sway bar nice and flat, not angled (looking from the side) to achieve maximum usefulness.
 

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Oh ok.. so he'll still keep his others

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^ He nailed it.

I noticed when I bolted up the rear Hellwig bar that after one side was attached to the endlink I had to force the other side up a bit to get the bolts in. That tells you it's preloaded to one side. For a sway bar to work like it should it needs to be set neutral.
These links will just allow me to accomplish that.
Any differences will be minimal....but I like to at least have the ability to set it up properly.
I'm hunting for adjustable front links with heim joints now....I think I may have found something but I'm gonna have to get under my truck and measure a few things first.
Since I did a spring drop up front the bar ends are outta whack....I need shorter links to fix that nagging issue.
 

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Since the sway bar in the rear is to help keep things level from side to side i never heard/knew that you could tune one since it only functions when one side is out of level from the other. I mean it wants to keep everything level and limits travel in off camber situations right, you know the whole keep the tires planted thing and all. Or is my thinking wrong.
 

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I want to read more I am trying to figure out this setup since I know nothing about it.
 
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Couldn't find what I wanted so I had a shop build me a set.
These are the chromoly tig welded turnbuckles with billet tube ends before powdercoat. Gonna use PTFE lined heims, chromoly misalignment spacers and grade 10 hardware.
Race car **** in a damned truck. lol

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All finished.

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I think I have about 350 bucks in the links for the front and rear bars.
 

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